The 117
th Congress kicked off its First Session with,
among other initiatives, oversight hearings on the SolarWinds cyber
hack. On February 23, the Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the high profile, far-reaching
breach; followed by a joint hearing on February 26 in the House of
Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland
Security Committees. At both hearings, Sudhakar Ramakrishna,
President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and
Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft,
testified. In addition, George Kurtz, the President and CEO of
Crowdstrike, testified at the Senate Intelligence hearing, while
Kevin Thompson, the former CEO of SolarWinds, testified in front of
Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing on the Solarwinds Hack and a joint hearing in the House of Representatives held by the Oversight and Reform and Homeland Security Committees. Sudhakar Ramakrishna, President and CEO of SolarWinds, Kevin Mandia, CEO of FireEye, and Brad Smith, President and Chief Legal Officer of Microsoft, testified.